Novel technique for measuring low molecular weight chemicals in indoor dust

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-161

  Nilsson, Anders ^a   Nosratabadi, Ali Reza ^a   Lagesson, Verner ^a   Murgia, Nicola ^a   Leanderson, Per ^a   Tagesson, Christer ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dust; Gas chromatography ultraviolet spectrometry; Indoor air; Nitric oxide; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLFURAN; AMMONIA; FURFURAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOPRENE; NITRIC OXIDE; PYRIDINE; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS FLOW; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036389424     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064124     Document Type: Article

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